Etymology

epibacterium

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Today it means: Any bacterium of the genus Epibacteria Full definition →

English bacterium ← New Latin bactērium ← Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Hellenic*epí
  5. Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
  6. Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
  7. Englishepi-
  8. Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
  9. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
  10. New Latinbactērium
  11. Englishbacterium
  12. English todayepibacterium

From epi- + bacterium.

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